the mother in law is looking for a newer car to replace her ashtray,theres a 1.3 astra diesel,06 plate not too far from us.its a 1.3 diesel estate with 93k on the clock.i have never heard anything good or bad about these engines/cars.anybody run 1 or have had any dealings with them?ta,lee

 

Engines not bad, but underpowered in the Astra. In my experience, very good engine in the Corsa though....

 

my mate has one for a company car for howdens joinery. Says it alright for what it is. Had gearbox trouble thoug with it

 

Not sure about the 1.3's but the 1.2cdti's are a cracking little engine!

 

think it may have been a company car with the miles and its white.she doesnt look after nothing so theres no point spending loads on something with less miles and a bigger engine.her old astra has more hits than the beatles,never been serviced or oil changed in 4 years or 47k miles.im waiting on the belt snapping!

 

probably ex police or ex howdens. Cant think of any other reason why you would buy a new white disastra estate

 

Had a 1.3 TDCi Astra saloon for a few years and it was ok, was quite easy to stall at low revs though, but that was about it!

Had the 6 speed box and was very economical

 

If its the same engine that is in the corsa which it properly is. They love timing chains they snap for fun. Its a fiat engine so what do you expect.

 

Its a Vauxhall. Its shit!

 

its a FIAT diesel engine as mentioned above lol

 

Can't be any worse than any other modern French diesel,they are all pish.every body that's had 1 says they are good so I'll maybe take a look!

 

Agreed all french diesels are shit too.

Buy Once, Buy german!!!!

Golf or Bmw would be my choice.

 

I'd rather have the astra than the ford focus 09 plate that I drove tddccii whatever they call it drove nice just no power and I was thrashing it as wasn't my car was my mates work car, it was a 2L hate to think what a 1.3 d must be like though!!
tabetha

 

Renault diesels are shit, pug/citreon used to be good, not sure about now, fiat are not renowned for thier engines.

 

given the choice i would buy a vw 1.9 pd engine, thats why i drive a c5 lol

 

volkswagen are by far not without their faults.anything new and diesel will undoubtedly need injectors or a pump at some point.the old mans passat got parked up no problem,came back 5 mins later and wouldnt start.needed 2 new injectors.

 

i think i remember roy saying the 1.3 fiat diesels snap timing and balancer chains at about 100k mate on top of the other diesel issues

 

I would avoid any modern diesel to be honest. They are all far too technical and I don't think I have heard of a decent, reliable modern diesel engine.

If she is just going to smash the shit out of everywhere and not give a fuck about it, get her a TDDI focus or a 1.7 isuzu powered astra, before all this common rail and fancy flywheel shit came in!